EDC clean or dirty

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EDC clean or dirty

I go to the range about once a week to get familiar with my firearms and my EDC, but after I'm done shooting my carry gun I don't want to carry it dirty, so i will clean it at the range just so I can carry it the rest of the day. Is this too much to do or a good habit?

It depends on how much I just shot. If I only put a couple of dozen round through it, I'll just wipe it down and run a bire snake through it until I get home. If I intended to do more than that, I will usually carry something else that day and give it a thorough cleaning at home.

I don't like to clean at the range as it would be too easy to get rushed or possibly loose parts. I like controlled environments for jobs like that.

I have the luxury of having several carry guns... all of the same platform. I never shoot my current carry gun at the range. If I want to shoot carry guns "A, B, and C", then I clean and holster carry gun "D", and carry it. If I want to shoot carry guns "B, C, and D", then I clean and holster carry gun "A". In public, I'm always carrying a clean, ready-to-use handgun.

I have no problem carrying a dirty gun, I usually clean it when I get home. Been a couple of times after a range trip when I cleaned my EDC a day or two later, pretty sure it wouldn't be my EDC if I doubted it's ability to function while being a little dirty.

I carry a gun I won't be shooting,the other guns get cleaned once a year whether they need it or not,or when the Semi's turn into single shots where I have to manually rack the slide with each shot....OK maybe just before that

EDC clean or dirty

Originally Posted by Jpsopris

Is this too much to do or a good habit?

yes:)

of course there's nothing wrong with wanting to keep your gun as clean as possible. but unless you did some kind if rapid fire, several thousand round torture test on the firearm then it's going to be no less reliable on the way home as it was on the way there.